Last at Bat Tour

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Last at Bat Tour
Tour by Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf Last at Bat Newcastle 2013 Bat Out of Hell.JPG
An inflatable bat on stage during the Newcastle opening night
Associated album
Start dateApril 5, 2013
End dateMay 25, 2013
Legs1
No. of shows17 in Europe
Meat Loaf concert chronology

Last at Bat was a Meat Loaf concert tour that played 17 dates in Europe during April and May 2013. [1]

Contents

The first show was in Newcastle, England on 5 April 2013. The Nottingham performance was cancelled hours before it was due to begin, due to medical conditions affecting several members of the band. [2] The Manchester performance was also cancelled for the same reason; both were rescheduled to 20 and 25 May respectively and made Manchester the final date of the tour.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueNotes
Europe
April 5, 2013 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
April 7, 2013 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
April 10, 2013LondonEngland The O2 Arena
April 12, 2013 Birmingham LG Arena
April 14, 2013 Nottingham Capital FM Arena Cancelled and rescheduled for May 20
April 17, 2013 Manchester Manchester Arena Cancelled and rescheduled for May 25
April 19, 2013 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
April 21, 2013 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
April 25, 2013 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
April 28, 2013Berlin O2 World Berlin
April 30, 2013 Munich Olympiahalle
May 3, 2013 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 5, 2013 Hamburg O2 World Hamburg
May 8, 2013 Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena
May 11, 2013 Zwolle Netherlands IJsselhallen
May 14, 2013 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
May 17, 2013 Dublin Ireland The O2
May 20, 2013 Nottingham England Capital FM Arena Rescheduled from April 14
May 25, 2013 Manchester Manchester Arena Rescheduled from April 17

Set List

Act one

The first act set includes some of Meat Loaf's greatest hits. [3] The first act set lasts around 50 minutes. The band come on stage to the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four".

  1. "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)"
  2. "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back"
  3. "Dead Ringer for Love"
  4. "If It Ain't Broke, Break It"
  5. "Los Angeloser"
  6. "The Giving Tree" / "Palome"
  7. "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are"
  8. "Out of the Frying Pan (And into the Fire)"
Act two

The second act set is the Bat Out of Hell album performed in full and in order.

  1. "Bat Out of Hell"
  2. "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"
  3. "Heaven Can Wait"
  4. "All Revved Up with No Place to Go"
  5. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
  6. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"
  7. "For Crying Out Loud"
Encore
  1. "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (Abridged version)
  2. "Boneyard" / "Free Bird" / "All Revved Up With No Place to Go"

Band

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References

  1. ↑ "Meat Loaf – Last At Bat Tour in 2013 the final goodbye to his fans". Fame Magazine. 2012-12-22. Archived from the original on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  2. ↑ "Meat Loaf pulls out of Nottingham concert". BBC News. 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Meat Loaf Announces 'Last At Bat' Tour – UK". Meat Loaf. 2012-12-21. Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
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